The authors of the latest research from the Institute of Psychiatry were quick to stress that their work is merely to inform. And they point out that drug use only accounts for the minority of...  more

People who smoke potent skunk are more at risk of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who simply use cannabis, scientists suspect. According to new research, regular users...  more

People who smoke potent skunk are more at risk of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who simply use cannabis, scientists suspect. According to new research, regular users...  more

AL ANDREWS, who lives on Tennessee Street in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, said he didn’t mind the tour buses coming through his neighborhood, but he wished the visitors “would...  more

SCAR's executive director Dr Colin Summerhayes said it painted a picture of "the creeping global catastrophe that we face". "The temperature of the air is increasing, the...  more

Just plain beautiful. It looks like a majestic painting of the renaissance. http://clasticdetritus.com/2009/11/14/stunning-image-of-sediment-plumes-in-gulf-of-mexico/

Conducted by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), it says that warming seas are accelerating melting in the west of the continent. Ozone loss has cooled the region, it says,...  more

Sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4m (4ft 6in) globally by 2100 as polar ice melts, according to a major review of climate change in Antarctica.

Glaciers: If the world's mountain glaciers and icecaps melt, sea levels will rise by an estimated 0.5m Thermal expansion: The expansion of warming oceans was the main factor contributing to...  more